Ok, first up; the Peter Hook bit. When New Order announced they were to reform for a series of one off gigs, Hook’s response was a typically bitter one. Indeed the very thought of a Peter Hook-less version of New Order WAS as ridiculous as an Ian Curtis-free Joy Division but it’s seemingly ok for [...]

Peter Hook’s finest achievement in the last 20 years was preventing Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris releasing any more awful albums as New Order. New Order died when Gillian Morris left the band. The two albums released since she left; 2001’s Get Ready and Waiting for the siren’s call in 2005 tarnished the reputation of a [...]